James delee



(No Model.)

J. DBLEE.

` BEER PAUOBT. 110.452,695. Patented May 19,1891.

WITNESSES.' INT/EJVTOR: @ff/.gzwwdb mba? (M2/@d f//r f n 76 .dttomeyiUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' JAMES DELEE, OF TROY, NEIV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN OOONNOR,OF SAME PLACE.

BEER-FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 452,695, dated May 19,1891.

Application led May 12, 1890. Serial No. 351,490. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JAMES DELEE, a citizen of the Ilfnited States, and aresident of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer, and State of New York,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Beer-Faucets; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in beer-faucets, and is designedfor use more particularly in breweries in connection with vats andhogsheads containing the beer in bulk, which is to be drawn off intokegs and barrels.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a central sectional view of afaucet constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the hollow rotating sleeve. Fig. 3 is asimilar view of thetube fitting into the rotating sleeve. Fig. et is a view of the washerdetached fitting on the end of the rotating sleeve.

In the said drawings, the reference-numerals designates the bushing,tapering in form and having a tapering bore. At one end this bushing isprovided with a series of horizontal rows of perforations 2 at equaldistances apart, and at its other end is provided with a screw-thread 3for holding it in place in the vat or hogshead. It may also be providedwith a liange 3, having screw-holes 4 as an additional means of securingit.

4The numeral" 5 designates a sleeve tapered to correspond with andfitting in the bore of the bushing. It is provided with a series ofhorizontal slots 6, which, when the faucet is open, register with theperforations 2. This sleeve is hollow and closed at its lower end andreceives within it .the tube 7, having a flange S at its forward end,which engages with a shoulder 9 on the sleeve formed by enlarging theouter end thereof, which nts in a corresponding recess 9 in the bushing.The

periphery of this enlarged portion or head 10r coupling and tube 7, andsaid coupling is formed with an angular head 17 to receive and engagewith an ordinary wrench. The inner end of the sleeve S is cut away,forming a screw-threaded shank 18, with a plain portion 19, having asegment of its periphery cut away, forming a flat portion 20.

21 designates a washer, having a portion 22 corresponding with the flatportion 21, so that when said washer is placed on the shank it will besecurely held and will rotate with it. A binding-nut 23 iits on thescrew-threaded end of the shank 18. It will be noted that the tube 7does not extend to the end of the bore in the sleeve 5, whereby a smallspace is left between its end and the closed end of the sleeve for thepassage of the beer enter ing through the perforations 2 and slots 6..

The inner end of the tube is also slightly beveled, as seen at 25.

The operation is as follows: The parts being all in proper position, asshown in Fig. 1, the bushing is inserted in an opening in the hogshead,with its inner end projecting into the interior thereof. W'hen it isdesired to draw off the beer, the sleeve 5 is rotated bya wrench appliedto -the angular head thereof until the slots 6 register with theperforations 2 in the bushing, the movement of said sleeve being limitedby the stud 14., Working in recess 12. 'Ihe beer will now pass throughthe perforations 2 and slots 6 to the space between the tube 7 and endof the sleeve, and from thence will passthrough said tube to thecoupling 15, from whenceit may be drawn to a keg or, barrel by mens of apipe or other connection. A rotation of the sleeve in a reversedirection will cut oft the supply or flow of the beer.

While I have described my invention as be- IOO ing part eularlv designedfor use in breweries, it is obvious that it is equally applicable to allthe uses for which suoli deviees are ordinarily employed. lts advantageswill also be obvious to those skilled in the art towhieh it pertains andneed not be enumerated here.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. Theeo1nbination,with a bushing having' a tapering bore, a series of rows ofhorizontal perforations at its inner end, and means for securing it in avat or hogshead, of a tapering sleeve fitting and rotating in saidbushing, closed at its inner end andprovided with a series of horizontalslots, and the tube 1it ting in said sleeve and extending tonear theclosed end thereof, substantially as described.

i. The combination, with the bushing] having recess 9, perforations 2,screw-threads 3, flange 3, and a tapering bore, of the tapering sleeve5, having a central bore closed at its inner end, horizontal slots Il,and an enlarged angular head, the tube 7, fitting in said sleeve andhaving the [lange S, and the coupling l5, iitting in said enlarged headof the sleeve7 substantially as described.

3. The Combination, with the bushing l., hav ing recess il, perferations2, screw-threads 3, llange b', stud or stop ll, and a taperingbore, ofthe sleeve 5, having a central bore closed at its inner end, horizontalslots G, and an enlarged angular head with a peripheral recess 12, thetube 7, fitting in said sleeve and having the flange S, andthe Couplingl5, substantially as described.

In testimony that I elaini the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoafiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES DELEE.

Vfitnessse:

JAMES ll. EGAN, r HENRY J. nlcfonin'cm.

